Intel Core i5-8259U vs Intel Core i7-3632QM

Core i5-8259U vs Core i7-3632QM specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3632QM beats the Core i5-8259U in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-8259U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3632QM. Also, the Core i5-8259U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8259U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3632QM CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-8259U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.